Sylvia Girl Name
Baby Girl Names > Starting With S > Sylvia
The name Sylvia is of Latin origin, and means she of the forest.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sylvia has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
| Use of the Name Sylvia for Girls During the Last ... | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Years | 50 Years | 25 Years | 10 Years | 5 Years | 2 Years | 1 Year |
| 231,224 | 79,796 | 18,164 | 5,276 | 2,561 | 999 | 501 |
| Used as a Girl Name | Used as a Boy Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Rank | Count | Rank | Count |
| 1880 | 162 | 81 | ||
| 1881 | 187 | 67 | ||
| 1882 | 179 | 79 | ||
| 1883 | 192 | 79 | ||
| 1884 | 199 | 87 | ||
| 1885 | 173 | 112 | ||
| 1886 | 167 | 137 | ||
| 1887 | 173 | 135 | ||
| 1888 | 174 | 166 | ||
| 1889 | 178 | 166 | ||
| 1890 | 158 | 223 | ||
| 1891 | 156 | 218 | ||
| 1892 | 149 | 275 | ||
| 1893 | 144 | 286 | ||
| 1894 | 153 | 288 | ||
| 1895 | 157 | 276 | ||
| 1896 | 140 | 340 | ||
| 1897 | 135 | 357 | ||
| 1898 | 133 | 391 | ||
| 1899 | 130 | 371 | ||
| 1900 | 137 | 446 | ||
| 1901 | 129 | 390 | ||
| 1902 | 136 | 411 | ||
| 1903 | 120 | 464 | ||
| 1904 | 119 | 497 | ||
| 1905 | 120 | 527 | ||
| 1906 | 107 | 616 | ||
| 1907 | 109 | 611 | ||
| 1908 | 101 | 747 | ||
| 1909 | 93 | 847 | ||
| 1910 | 92 | 998 | ||
| 1911 | 82 | 1,181 | ||
| 1912 | 78 | 1,629 | ||
| 1913 | 72 | 2,003 | ||
| 1914 | 70 | 2,557 | ||
| 1915 | 67 | 3,280 | ||
| 1916 | 68 | 3,414 | ||
| 1917 | 69 | 3,474 | ||
| 1918 | 71 | 3,671 | ||
| 1919 | 78 | 3,404 | ||
| 1920 | 85 | 3,320 | ||
| 1921 | 88 | 3,289 | ||
| 1922 | 94 | 2,967 | ||
| 1923 | 98 | 2,837 | ||
| 1924 | 104 | 2,756 | ||
| 1925 | 106 | 2,537 | ||
| 1926 | 107 | 2,532 | ||
| 1927 | 116 | 2,340 | ||
| 1928 | 118 | 2,221 | ||
| 1929 | 119 | 2,040 | ||
| 1930 | 132 | 1,823 | ||
| 1931 | 122 | 1,933 | ||
| 1932 | 96 | 2,560 | ||
| 1933 | 84 | 2,936 | ||
| 1934 | 70 | 3,471 | ||
| 1935 | 60 | 3,622 | ||
| 1936 | 53 | 4,149 | ||
| 1937 | 50 | 4,364 | ||
| 1938 | 56 | 4,255 | ||
| 1939 | 62 | 3,870 | ||
| 1940 | 62 | 3,803 | ||
| 1941 | 65 | 3,787 | ||
| 1942 | 72 | 3,719 | ||
| 1943 | 78 | 3,615 | ||
| 1944 | 83 | 3,284 | ||
| 1945 | 82 | 3,377 | ||
| 1946 | 82 | 4,083 | ||
| 1947 | 97 | 4,093 | ||
| 1948 | 100 | 3,671 | ||
| 1949 | 94 | 3,813 | ||
| 1950 | 97 | 3,617 | ||
| 1951 | 97 | 3,762 | ||
| 1952 | 99 | 3,787 | ||
| 1953 | 100 | 3,814 | ||
| 1954 | 101 | 4,080 | ||
| 1955 | 107 | 4,000 | ||
| 1956 | 108 | 4,145 | ||
| 1957 | 109 | 4,296 | ||
| 1958 | 114 | 4,149 | ||
| 1959 | 120 | 3,852 | ||
| 1960 | 121 | 3,823 | ||
| 1961 | 124 | 3,741 | ||
| 1962 | 131 | 3,455 | ||
| 1963 | 128 | 3,285 | ||
| 1964 | 137 | 2,936 | ||
| 1965 | 131 | 2,957 | ||
| 1966 | 146 | 2,413 | ||
| 1967 | 156 | 2,211 | ||
| 1968 | 164 | 1,961 | ||
| 1969 | 178 | 1,810 | ||
| 1970 | 189 | 1,728 | ||
| 1971 | 195 | 1,573 | ||
| 1972 | 195 | 1,463 | ||
| 1973 | 193 | 1,346 | ||
| 1974 | 189 | 1,350 | ||
| 1975 | 215 | 1,139 | ||
| 1976 | 228 | 1,054 | ||
| 1977 | 255 | 982 | ||
| 1978 | 252 | 947 | ||
| 1979 | 246 | 1,016 | ||
| 1980 | 264 | 956 | ||
| 1981 | 247 | 1,006 | ||
| 1982 | 255 | 980 | ||
| 1983 | 238 | 1,034 | ||
| 1984 | 249 | 999 | ||
| 1985 | 272 | 925 | ||
| 1986 | 280 | 876 | ||
| 1987 | 285 | 858 | ||
| 1988 | 292 | 848 | ||
| 1989 | 321 | 792 | ||
| 1990 | 333 | 816 | ||
| 1991 | 322 | 828 | ||
| 1992 | 363 | 707 | ||
| 1993 | 378 | 676 | ||
| 1994 | 427 | 587 | ||
| 1995 | 439 | 585 | ||
| 1996 | 458 | 546 | ||
| 1997 | 488 | 508 | ||
| 1998 | 470 | 546 | ||
| 1999 | 488 | 530 | ||
| 2000 | 506 | 531 | ||
| 2001 | 526 | 505 | ||
| 2002 | 519 | 526 | ||
| 2003 | 551 | 498 | ||
| 2004 | 561 | 501 | ||
| Totals: | 231,224 | 0 | ||
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sylvia as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
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